Healthtech news and trends

$3 Billion HealthTech Merger Aims to Cure Late Payments
Healthcare // September 05, 2024

New Mountain Capital is reportedly combining three HealthTech firms in a $3 billion deal. The merger is designed to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to help improve payments from health plans to providers, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Sept. 5). According to the report, the deal will bring...

RevSpring Adds Payments Tools to Oracle Healthcare Marketplace
Healthcare // August 21, 2024

Healthcare payments firm RevSpring has added its Arrived and PersonaPay solutions to Oracle’s Healthcare Marketplace. “RevSpring’s Arrived and PersonaPay provide patient self-service and staff-assisted tools for scheduling, patient intake, and payments, creating one coordinated experience for patients and clinicians without leaving the workflow,” the company...

US Eyes Financial AI Regulations as EU Law May Impact Healthcare Tech
artificial intelligence // August 14, 2024

Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic are racing to establish artificial intelligence (AI) regulations, with California poised to vote on strict AI oversight as the U.S. Congress considers a “regulatory sandbox” for financial services. Meanwhile, the European Union’s AI Act is set to transform...

PayZen Raises $232 Million for AI-Powered Healthcare Payments
Investments // August 14, 2024

PayZen has raised $232 million for its AI-powered healthcare affordability program. The Series B funding, led by NEA and announced Tuesday (Aug. 13), came in the form of $32 million in equity and a $200 million credit warehouse. “This latest round is the next step...

Interviews & Exclusives
Huma’s 13-Year Journey to Creating a Global Healthcare Network

July 29, 2024
Digital innovation, no matter the sector, relies on scalable, secure and interoperable technological infrastructure. Within healthcare, where innovation is often spoken about but rarely fully realized at scale, those needs are crucial to transforming — and standardizing — the way care and research are delivered and experienced. “There is so much disparity between one geography […]

Telehealth Declines as AI and In-Person Visits Rise Post-Pandemic

July 04, 2024
During the pandemic, they were heroes. Now, they’re apparently expendable. In what is becoming a pattern in healthcare, on Tuesday (July 2), Oregon Health & Science University cut a telehealth nursing...

Baracoda Says AI-Powered Smart Mirrors Aren’t Just for Trying on Clothes

March 01, 2024
The connected economy now has a mirror. A “smart” mirror of course, powered by artificial intelligence (AI). After winning the “smart home” category for eight years running at the Consumer...

Apple Vision Pro Partners Look to Usher in New Era Of Healthcare 

February 16, 2024
From the advent of digital health platforms and the proliferation of wearable health devices to remote patient monitoring and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical decision-making, advancements in...

Quick Reads
$3 Billion HealthTech Merger Aims to Cure Late Payments

September 05, 2024
New Mountain Capital is reportedly combining three HealthTech firms in a $3 billion deal. The merger is designed to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to help improve payments from health plans to providers, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Sept. 5). According to the report, the deal will bring together three companies from New Mountain’s portfolio: The Rawlings Group, […]

RevSpring Adds Payments Tools to Oracle Healthcare Marketplace

August 21, 2024
Healthcare payments firm RevSpring has added its Arrived and PersonaPay solutions to Oracle’s Healthcare Marketplace. “RevSpring’s Arrived and PersonaPay provide patient self-service and staff-assisted tools for scheduling, patient intake, and...

PayZen Raises $232 Million for AI-Powered Healthcare Payments

August 14, 2024
PayZen has raised $232 million for its AI-powered healthcare affordability program. The Series B funding, led by NEA and announced Tuesday (Aug. 13), came in the form of $32 million...

Amazon Launches AI Collaboration With GE HealthCare

July 25, 2024
GE HealthCare is teaming with Amazon to help clinicians improve diagnoses using artificial intelligence (AI). The partnership between GE and Amazon’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) division, announced Thursday (July 25),...